Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryTungsten, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueApatite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Specularite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite · Lower Prichard Formation
StructureShearing And Gouge; Layering In Meade Vein
Tectonic settingBelt Basin
AlterationAnkerite, Sericite, Albite, Chlorite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1887
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10107344
MRDS IDW026623
Alternate namesYosemite, Daddy, Treasure Box, Occident, Meade
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.61797, -115.83962
References
SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.RANSOM, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 90SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 30 , 1968 ; AUG. 7 , 19731908 GEOLMAP RANSOM AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 621938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 471953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - PSHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 ; RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , USGS PP 62